Stand for troughing-rolls.



S. B. PECK. STAND FOR TROUGHING ROLLS.

APPUCANON 111111111111119, 1911 Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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STAUNTON B. PEGI. or cntcaeo, ILLINOIS, Assuon To LINE-BELT COMPANY, 0i' GHICAG'Q, l1.'.1.I1-Io1|s, .a Bremerton or iLLINoIS.

Specification of Letters Patenti Patented Sept. 2,1913

Application met :une 19, 1011. nel m. milo.

To ail wlwm it may concern: Y Be it known that nsmumogu B. Paca, a i citizen of the United States, resldin at Chi'h cago, in the county o'f Cook and tate of' Illinois, have invented a `certain new and useful Improvement ill Stands for Trough'- ing-Rolls, of which the following is a speciAh ication.

My invention relates to iin rovernents in stands for trouhing rolls an is 'illustrated diagrammatica y in one form in the accompanying drawings, wherein*- Figure l shows an elevation in part section, and Fig. 2, a detailed plan view with parts removable. v

Like parts are indicated by Ilike letters throughout the several figures.

The conveyer belt A is supported upon the five pulleys or 'rollers A1, A1, A, and A", each at an angle to the 'olie adjacent to it and mounted respectively u on the short shafts A, A, A, A5alid A which shafts are each provided with axially arranged grease assages A7 extending from one end of the srlmft and communicating with a cerrtrally located radially arranged discharge passage As. The two outer shafts A project outwardly from the sleeves B, being held in position therein by the set screws B1. The two outer pulleys A1 are held upon the shafts A4 by the collar B2 locked in positionby the set screws B3. The grease cups B4 communicate with the ends of the passages A" inthe outer shafts A. The sleeve B'is mounted upon the arm B5, projecting upwardly and inwardly from the base B", and contains the oil passage B7 communicating at one end with the grease cup Bs and at the other end with the sleeve B in which is held the shaft/ by the set screw B1o in suchwise that rthe grease passage A' communicates with the passage B7. The shaft A is supported at its other end by the collar C carried by the arm C1 projecting upwardly from the base C?. The bases C2 and B are provided with the opposed upwardly extending lugs Ca and C4 having the interlocking surfaces C5 and C and held 'together by the bolt C?. The collar Cs projects outwardly from the arm Cl and supports one end of the shaft A,which shaft is 'held rigidly in position by the set screw C.

The/*other end of the shaft A is carried by the collar D, which collar projects outwardly any careful machining or attention.

.frat-ne by the hol from the anni Di, which ann pro'ieots up;

wardly from a similar base 'C2 und is pto vided with the oil passage D1e conlmnnieat 'ing at' one end with 'the grease cup D* and at the other end with the passage A', in the shaft A. The bases B, C from which proS ieet the arms B, Ci, form two separate supgol-ting biaekets and in order that these rockets may be conveniently lined up and that the shaft A be held in proper 'posis are provided with he opposed lng having the broken, irregular, in ter asking surfaces (3*, which 'sunfaees may be brought closely together by the bolt C' thus insuring s correct alinement and feed of the two sections without the necessilg of ach bracket is held in dposition on 'the su porting p1n' bolts lE, El 'w ich enf gage the slots E, in the .bases B", C* respectively., The set screws B, which hold the shafts Ai ill osition are placed in the collars B* on the s aft's B in order that they may be more conveniently tightened up to hold the shafts in position. It will be evident that this is the case since this will usually be done before the rollers A1 are placed in position.

It will be evident that while I have shown in my drawings an operative device, still many changes might be made in size, shape and arrangement of parts without departing materially from the spirit of my invention, and I wish therefore, that my drawings be regarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my device are as follows: My device which is designed for the support of a conveyer belt is adapted to trough the belt, that is, to raise the sides up above the center in order that loose, finely divided material ma be easily carried without waste and spilling. The rolls, which are each mounted on a separate shaft, are lubricated by grease forced through se arate grease ducts axially located in the shagts and communicating with radially located discharge passages. Each grease duct is fed from the usual type of grease cup. The outer shafts carry the grease cups at their ends in direct connection with the ducts, whereas the three inner shafts are fed by grease cups which discharge through passages in the brackets, which passages communicate with the grease ducts in the shafts.

In the arrangement shown four brackets are used. These brackets are cast integrally in pairs having one central plane of`cleavage between two upstanding lugs. The castings .are broken along this line of cleavage makyother end in th'e outer brackets.I The brackets are then brought together in pairs, the

broken interlocking parts properly alining' them. The outer brackets are then secured to the frame by -their proper bolts. The two brackets may then be locked together in airs if desired by transverse bolts C7. This,

owever, is'not absolutely necessary. The outershafts are then placed in position and all the 'f set screws fastened down, the outer rolls being placed on their respective shafts. They are held by the outer collars which are locked by set screws and all the 4grease cups are then attached. The arrangement of the set screws issuch that eachfset screw. may be tigiened u before the n ext roller is appl land' a ter this roller 1s placed -in position there will be no.-oppor,tun1ty for any one to tamper with the set screws and loosen the shafts` or throw the device out of alinement or adjustment.

Each shaft has a separate and individual greasing apparatus. This is of great importance, especially where there are a series of shafts. Any attempt to supply the grease to a series of shafts through them all will result in excessive grease atsome point and an under supply at others.

I employ four brackets each separately secured to the base or support to which they are all attached. In order to aline them properly I cast them together in pairs and then break them apart and they ma or may not beheld together in this relation by a transverse bolt. I secure the twoside intermediate shafts at their outer ends so that they are carried on the outer brackets.

I claim:

A support for troughing rolls comprising atwo-part base, rolls supporting arms projecting upwardly from either end of said base, said base being provided with two upwardly projecting lugs, one on either part, said lugs having interlocking surfaces interlocking one with the other, these surfaces being arranged one pair at the lower extremity of the lugs the other pair at the upper extremity, and means for removably holding said interlockin members together.

TAUNTON B. PECK. Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, Jr., MINNm M. LINDENAN. 

